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OST-98-3753
U.S.-France Allocation of Frequencies
US Airways, Inc.
OST-97-3034 | OST-98-3753 | April 17, 1998
On the basis of US Airways' October 1997 application, the exhibits attached thereto, US Airways' Reply, the supporting Answer of the Allegheny County Department of Aviation, other exhibits in Docket 97-3034, and this US Airways' filing with exhibits, US Airways respectfully requests that (1) its application, as amended herein, for authority to operate Pittsburgh-Paris service be granted and (2) its request for 7 additional weekly frequencies for service between PHL-CDG commencing on or before March 1, 1999 be granted.
Counsel: US Airways and O'Melveny Myers, Donald Bliss, 202-383-5300
U.S.-France Frequency Allocations
OST-98-3756 | OST-98-3732 | OST-98-3753 | April 21, 1998
Answer of Tower Air to Applications for
Frequency Allocations (American, United & US Airways)
Given this protracted schedule, it seems clear to us that unless our Government is willing to allow most of the long-sought and hard-fought-for additional France frequencies to lie fallow for upwards of another year -- throughout both the summer of 1998 and the winter of 1998-99 -- at least the first part of the decision it must make is easy: grant the requests of United and Tower Air for immediate use of eleven frequencies.
Counsel: Hewes Gelband, Stephen Gelband, 202-337-6200
U.S.-France Frequency Allocation
OST-98-3756 | OST-97-3034 | OST-98-3753 | April 22, 1998
Consolidated Answer of Continental Airlines to
Applications of American and US Airways
Counsel: Continental and Crowell Moring, Bruce Keiner, 202-624-2500
U.S.-France Frequency Allocation
OST-98-3732 | OST-98-3753 | OST-98-3756 | OST-98-3757 | Undocketed | April 22, 1998
Answer of Trans World Airlines to Applications
of American, Tower, United and US Airways
Counsel: TWA and Richard Fahy, 202-457-4764, rfahy@ibm.net
U.S.-France Frequency Allocation
OST-98-3756 | OST-98-3753 | OST-98-3757 | April 22, 1998
Consolidated Answer of United Air Lines to
Applications of American, Tower and US Airways
U.S.-France Frequency Allocation
OST-98-3756 | OST-97-3034 | OST-98-3753 | April 23, 1998
Re: Correction to Continental's
Consolidated Answer of April 22, 1998
Counsel: Crowell Moring, Lorraine Halloway, 202-624-2500
U.S.-France Frequency Allocation
OST-98-3756 | OST-98-3757 | OST-98-3732 | OST-98-3753
Counsel: American, Carl Nelson, 202-496-5647, carl_nelson@amrcorp.com
U.S.-France Frequency Allocation
OST-98-3732 | OST-98-3739 | OST-98-3740 | OST-98-3760 | OST-98-3756 | OST-98-3753 | April 24, 1998
Consolidated Reply of Continental Airlines
Counsel: Continental and Crowell Moring, Bruce Keiner, 202-624-2500
U.S.-France Frequency Allocation
OST-98-3753 | April 24, 1998
Reply of US Airways in Support of its
Application for Allocation of Frequencies
Counsel: US Airways and O'Melveny Myers, Donald Bliss, 202-383-5300
American Airlines, Inc. / Tower Air, Inc. / United Air Lines, Inc. / US Airways, Inc. - (US-France Frequencies)
Order 98-5-8 | OST-98-3756 | OST-98-3732 | OST-98-3753 | OST-98-3757 | Issued May 8, 1998 | Served May 13, 1998
By this order, we allocate seven weekly frequencies to United Air Lines, Inc., and four weekly frequencies to Tower Air, Inc., to operate scheduled combination services in the U. S.-France market. These frequency allocations, both of which concern services proposed to begin in 1998,are effective immediately. We also defer action on the applications of US Airways, Inc., and American Airlines, Inc., so that we may consider them in a soon-to-be instituted allocation proceeding regarding 1999 U.S.-France services.
By: Charles Hunnicutt
OST-98-3756 | OST-98-3932 | OST-98-3753 | OST-98-3931 | OST-98-3933 | June 15, 1998
As its top priority, the Department should grant American's application for seven weekly frequencies for service between Los Angeles and Paris, beginning April 1, 1999. American has submitted the only application to open a new U.S.-flag nonstop gateway to Paris. Los Angeles-Paris is presently a nonstop monopoly of Air France, and is without any U.S. carrier nonstop flights. The other three U.S.-Paris gateways proposed by competing applicants -- Atlanta, Chicago, and Philadelphia -- not only have U.S. carrier nonstop service today, but have such service by the other three applicants, which are merely seeking to add frequencies, and not to offer a new nonstop Paris service (OAG, Worldwide Ed., June 1998).
Counsel: American, Carl Nelson, 202-496-5647, carl_nelson@amrcorp.com
Consolidated Answer of Delta Air Lines
Delta's JFK-Lyon proposal would be the first nonstop service between the United States and Lyon, a major population center and one of the fastest-growing U.S.-France aviation markets. Delta is the only U.S. carrier that has successfully developed U.S.-France regional services. While all other U.S. carriers serve only Paris, Delta offers daily service between New York and Nice. The proposed JFK-Lyon service would provide attractive options for U.S.-Lyon travelers and add to the impressive array of nonstop transatlantic services operated by Delta from JFK.
Counsel: Delta and Shaw Pittman, Robert Cohn, 202-663-8060
Consolidated Answer of The City of Philadelphia,
Division of Aviation
The adage "Don't judge a book by its cover," albeit slightly modified to read "Don't judge a frequency application by what it appears to request," rings true in this proceeding with respect to US Airways' application. This is because, while US Airways' application states, on its face, that US Airways is requesting a second daily PHL-CDG frequency allocation, the reality is much different. In fact, US Airways' application in this proceeding is a request to allow US Airways to continue operating its second daily Philadelphia-Paris service and to inaugurate a new daily Pittsburgh-Paris service. Thus, the truth be told, US Airways' application is all about awarding US Airways seven additional frequencies to start Pittsburgh-Paris service, not about Philadelphia-Paris service.
Counsel: Galland Kharasch, Morris Garfinkle, 202-342-5200
Consolidated Answer of United Air Lines
United's proposal for a second daily Chicago-Paris nonstop service clearly deserves an allocation of seven of the available frequencies and would produce substantially greater public benefits than would the other applicants' proposals. American's New York-Paris proposal, for example, simply offers a service that is duplicated many times over on a daily basis. American, Continental, Delta, TWA, Tower, Air France and Pakistan International all serve the New York-Paris market. U.S. ,carriers alone operate 6 daily nonstop frequencies and a total of 42 weekly frequencies.
Counsel: United and Ginsburg Feldman, Joel Burton, 202-637-9130
US Airways strongly believes that its application for a second daily Philadelphia-Paris (CDG) flight, resuming on March 1, 1999, warrants the allocation of seven (7) weekly frequencies to meet the well-established demand for double daily service at the Philadelphia gateway, to further U.S. policy objectives during the transition to open skies, and to provide extensive intergateway competition, for the benefit of the traveling public.
Counsel: US Airways and O'Melveney Myers, Donald Bliss, 202-383-5300
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